The Corner of Pilgrimage, a project of the Art Services Company in Holguín, reopens its doors with changes in its structure and gastronomic offers.

Repairs included a small stage and a change in setting. The furniture was also replaced to expand the capacity to 56 people when previously it was 38.

The facility keeps a fast-food cafeteria at day time, while in the evenings it incorporates some tapas such as stuffed toasts, assorted sandwiches and pilgrimage candy bombs.

From Fridays to Sundays nights, there will be musical presentations by various artists from Holguín and the entrance ticket will cost 50 pesos that includes a cocktail and a snack, which so far is planned to be chelada and minced cheese, as commented for aldia.cu. Dayán Sánchez, the project administrator.

The opening hours were modified. From today on, it will open at noon and close at 1 a.m to take advantage of the night, considering the new recreational proposal, he added.

The 41st International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema will be the space chosen for the premiere, in Cuba, of the movie Red Avispa, by the French filmmaker Olivier Assayas.

The story of the five Cuban heroes lead the course of Cuban history during the 21st century, for this reason Red Avispa will be one of the most expected films this year, among the more than 300 that can be seen in this international cinema event; which will take place from December 5th to 15th in Havana.

This film was inspired by “The last soldiers of the Cold War”, a book by the Brazilian Fernando Morais. It tells the story of the Cuban anti-terrorists Gerardo Hernández, René González, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and Ramón Labañino, who infiltrated the United States during the 1990s, with the aim of preventing attacks on their nation, coming from the U.S territory.

According to the Cuban News Agency, the film starring by internationally renowned artists such as the Spanish Penelope Cruz and Mexican Gael García Bernal, is a co-production among France, Spain, Belgium and Brazil. So far it has been very well received in important film festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Canada; the San Sebastian Festival, Spain and the New York Festival, United States.

However, the theme itself still provokes controversies around the world and has already unleashed diverse and contrary opinions regarding its artistic quality and political doctrines in the longest film competition: the Venice Film Festival, which hosted in its most recent edition the Olivier Assayas movie debut.

Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, one of the Five Cuban Heroes and leader of the network of agents that unmasked anti-Cuban groups based in the United States, made comments about Red Avispa to Prensa Latina:

It is a story of almost 20 years that involved many people. It is interesting that it was made, especially by a first-rate director and with internationally renowned actors.

The Polynesian, an emblematic restaurant of the Cuban city of parks, reopened its doors to town yesterday in the afternoon, after more than two years closed for repair.

The distinguished establishment, second of its kind in Cuba and eighth in the world, closed its doors in February 2017 to face its first comprehensive repair process where the hydraulic, sanitary, electrical, floor and decoration networks were replaced, in addition, a new protocol room overlooking the city was created to serve a total of 14 people.

The terrace, located on the twelfth floor overlooking the Loma de la Cruz and part of the city, represents one of the new attractions because it was redesigned with an outside bar laid out to serve 30 people.

The Polynesian has currently several service areas such as the restaurant, two protocol rooms, an indoor and an outdoor bar on the terrace.

Mario Álvarez, Director of the Accommodation and Gastronomy Company in Holguín, in an interview for aldia.cu, said that after the investment process, there is a guarantee of greater comfort both for clients and workers. Moreover, gastronomic offers are reinforced with a variety of more than 16 main courses and a wide range of desserts out of which stands out the popular Polynesian basket.

The opening hours are maintained with three frequencies per day and reservations can be made at the accommodation office located on the Holguín boulevard.